Genius on the edge
Subtitle: the bizarre story of William Stewart Halsted, the father of modern surgery
By: by Gerald Imber.
Publisher: Kaplan Pub.
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 389
ISBN-13: 9781607146278
Subjects: Halsted, William, -- 1852-1922; Halsted, William, -- 1852-1922; Surgeons -- United States -- Biography; Physicians; Biography; General Surgery -- history; History, 19th Century; History, 20th Century
Genres: Biography
Description: Traces the life of the surgeon, who, despite being a ground-breaking father of modern surgery, battled with cocaine and morphine addiction, exhibited eccentric behavior, and lived an unusual lifestyle.